What’s a Basho?

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What’s a Basho?

This question has been asked (jokingly),
but I will try and answer with kigo.

We have to consider the spelling, basho and bashoo with a long-sounding oo in Japanese:





spring tournament, haru basho 春場所 (はるばしょ)
summer tournament, natsu basho 夏場所
shichigatsu basho 七月場所 (しちがつばしょ)
Nagoya basho 名古屋場所（なごやばしょ）Nagoya Grand Sumo
. Grand Sumo KIGO




bashoo 芭蕉 (ばしょう) plantain, banana plant ( Musa paradisiaca)
Japanese Skunk Cabbage , mizu bashoo (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
. bashoo in plant names




. bashoofu 芭蕉布（ばしょうふ） "banana fiber cloth"




Matsuo Basho, a Haiku Poet 　
松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashoo)






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The question is here

Is Haiku Poetry?
A Quiz of THF The Haiku Foundation

Is Haiku Poetry? / 4th POSITION




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